Teaching with Middle Grades Language Arts Specialization, M.A.T.

Master of Arts in Teaching with Middle Grades Language Arts Specialization

Graduate Language Arts Education Director: Roger A. Ladd

MAT Core: 9 Sem. Hrs.

• EDN 5040. Basics Tenets of Education (3 credits)
• EDN 5120. Advanced Studies of Exceptional Children (3 credits)
• EDN 5450. Introduction to Curriculum Design and Best Practices (3 credits)
• EDN 5460. Field Experience (0 credit)

English Methods: 3 Sem. Hrs.

• EED 5010. The Teaching of English, Methods and Materials 6-12 (3 credits)

English Content: 12 Sem. Hrs.

Candidates must take ENG 5300 and ENG 5010; may choose two from the rest of the list.

• ENG 5300. Theories and Methods of Literary Research (3 credits)
• ENG 5010. Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature (3 credits)

• Choose 2 courses from the following:

• ENG 5000. Literacy in Context: Issues and Reform (3 credits)
• ENG 5050. Native American Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 5110. Principles of English Linguistics (3 credits)
• ENG 5330. Working Class Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 5210. Advanced Creative Writing (3 credits)
• ENG 5320. Rhetorical Analysis (3 credits)
• ENG 5310. Medieval and Early Modern Drama (3 credits)
• ENG 5340. Victorian Literature (3 credits)
• ENGS 5370. Study Abroad (3 credits)
• ENG 5500. Advanced Nonfiction Writing (3 credits)
• ENG 5610. Shakespeare Studies (3 credits)
• ENG 5750. Film Studies (3 credits)
• ENGS 50xx. Seminar in Literature (3 credits)
• ENGS 51xx. Special Topics in Literacy (3 credits)
• ENGS 52xx. Literary Genre Seminar (3 credits)
• ENGS 53xx. Author Seminar (3 credits)
• ENGS 54xx. Literary Period Seminar (3 credits)
• ENGS 57xx. Expanding Canon Seminar (3 credits)

Internship: 3 Sem. Hrs.

• EED 5810. Internship in English Education (3 credits)

Total: 30 Sem. Hrs.